Speaker Paul Ryan says he's 'sickened' by Donald Trump's lewd comments and made calls on him to show respect for women after a video showed Trump making lewd, sexually charged comments about women in 2005.

The Republican nominee said that "I apologize if anyone was offended." He issued the statement after The Washington Post revealed the video of Trump caught on a hot mic while talking with Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood."

The one-sentence response from the head of Trump's Republican Party was devastating.

"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever," said Reince Priebus, who had stood by Trump through his past provocative comments.

So, too, were the words of Ryan: "Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified. I hope Mr. Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for women than this clip suggests."

Ryan says he is "sickened" by Donald Trump's crude comments about women, revealed in an audio from 2005, and is calling on the Republican presidential nominee to show greater respect for women.

Ryan added tartly that Trump was "no longer attending" a joint campaign appearance set for Saturday in Wisconsin.

Mike Pence will campaign in Wisconsin in Trump's place Saturday.

The Trump campaign released a statement Friday that read: “This was locker room banter, a private conversation that tookplace many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course- not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.”

Bush is now host of the third hour of NBC's "Today" show.

“Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed," Bush said in a statement Friday. "It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago -- I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry."